Does organization-based self-esteem moderate the relationships between abusive supervision and work outcomes?: The threatened egotism perspective

• Pen-Yuan Liao ^[1]
  1. [1] National United University

     National United University

     Miaoli City, Taiwán

     
• Localización: European Research on Management and Business Economics, ISSN 2444-8834, Vol. 31, Nº. 2, 2025, págs. 1-10
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100274
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  • Drawing on the theory of threatened egotism, this study hypothesized that organization-based self-esteem moderates the negative relationship between abusive supervision and affective organizational commitment, as well as the positive relationships between abusive supervision and intentions to quit, supervisor-directed deviance, and organizational deviance. A two-wave survey was used to collect data from 284 employees nested within 55 organizations. The results of HLM analyses supported this study’s hypothesized model. Specifically, organization-based self-esteem moderated all the relationships between abusive supervision and the work outcomes in this study in such a way that the relationships were stronger for employees who were higher rather than lower in organization-based self-esteem. The implications pertaining to practice and theory are discussed.

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